Railroad-spike.



A. F. GOBIN.

RAILROAD SPIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22.1913.

W/T/VESSES ATTORNEYS ANDR F. GODIN, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

MLBOAD-SPIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Application tiled January 23, 1913. Serial No. 748,468.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, ANDR F. GOBIN, a citizen of the -United States, and aresident of the city ofv New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented a new and lmproved lRailroad-Spike, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: To provide a spike of the character named having means for receiving an extraneous device, operative to connect the spike with the inateral in which it is driven, at a point below the surface of said materlal; to rovide a spike of the character named, having means for preventing axial movement, or twisting of the saine when driven; and to provide a spike of the character named, wherein the body section is constructed to conform with the conventional spike of the class indicated.

One embodiment of the present invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is an edge view of a spike constructed and arranged vin accordance with the present invention, having shown in conjunction therewith a fragment of a railroad tie in which the spike is driven a fragment of the railroad rail flange, an an anchoring staple for said spike prior to being driven therein; Fig. 2 is a sldeview of a spike constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, shown in conjunction with the railroad tie and anchoring staple, said staple being shown in driven position, and a fragment of the spike being out away to show the formation of the hole for receiving the anchoring staple; Fig. 3 is a top view of a spike constructed and arranged in accordance with the presentinvention.

As seen in the accompanying drawings, the body portion 8 is shaped to conform with the conventional railway spike, having a head 9 and a wedgeoint 10. The body portion 8 is provide with side fins 11, which terminate at the lower end in wedge ends 12 arranged, as seen in the drawings, to die into the edges of the body portion. The outeredges of the tins 11 are curved, as seen best in Fig. 3 of thev drawings, the curvature of the sides being concentric with holes 13 which are bored into said fins through the head 9 to form passages for the sides of the staple 14. AtI their lower ends the holes 13 are outwardly inclined, to forni an inclined wall 15, which operates to de flect outwardly the sharpened ends 16 of the staple 14 when said staple is driven downward through the holes 13.

In operation, the spike herein described is handled much in the same manner as the conventional spike. It is driven into a tie A 1n the same manner as is the conventional spike. A fter the point 10 and part of the bod portion 8- has been embedded in the woo of the tie,

the Wedge ends 12 of the fins 11 are introduced, the fins 11v thereafter entering into the structure of the tie in the'manner as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the head 9 of the spike is driven to rest on the tlange B, the staple 14 is introduced, the ledge thereof entermg the holes 13 formed in the fins 11. The staple is now driven down through the holes 13 until the points 16 thereof strike upon the inclined walls15 and are deflected outward from the .spike to enter the wood of the tie A. The continued pressure of the inclined wall against the side of the staple curls the ends of the staple in the manner substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the staple is driven home so that the cross head bar thereof rests upn the head 9 of the spike, it will be seen that the combined spike and sta le are in a position which renders it di cult if not 1mpossible, to lift the same out. of the tie A. It is obvious that the resistance of the fins 11 prevents the possibility of twisting or turning the spike upon its longitudinal center during ythe driving of the staple or at any other time. It is equally obvious that after the staple has been driven, the outwardlyextended ends thereof coperate with the* f fins 11 to prevent the distortion or displacement of said spike.

Having thus claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A railway spike, comprising a conventionally-shaped body portion having integrally-formed laterally-extending lins, said fins having lengthwise passages open at both ends and terminating at the bottom with outwardly-inclined walls.

2. A railway spike, comprising a conventionally-shaped bodyv portion having integrally-formed laterally-extending fins, said describe-d my invention," I

fins having lengthwise passages open at both ends and terminating at the bottom with outwardly-inclined walls, and said ns beino further provided with wedge-shaped solid terminals extending below said inclined walls.

3. A railway spike, comprising a conven- 4tionally-shaped body portion having integral1yformed laterally-extending fins, said ns having lengthwise passages open at both ends and terminating at the bottom with outwardly-inclined walls, said fins having a lesser transverse dimension than said body portion.

4. A railway spike, comprising a conventionally-shaped body portion; two oppositely-disposed and laterally extending fins, said fins being integrally formed with said body portion and havin open-ended passages formed therein; and means formed on said body portion, extending across the path of said passages, to deflect the material through which the spike is driven, from entering said passages.

5. A. railway spike, comprising a conventionally-shaped body portion having integrally-formed laterally-extending tins, said fins having lengthwise passages open at both ends and terminating at the bottom with outwardly-inclined walls; and bendable fastening devices extending through said passages and laterally fromithe bottom thereof.

6. A railway spike, comprising a conventionally-shaped body portion having inte` T. A. railway spike, having a bod ortion the end whereof is wedge-sha e aving sides substantially parallel, sai body lportion being provided with laterally-extending fins disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body portion, each 'of said fins having a lengthwise passage eX- tended therethrough and open at both ends thereof; and means disposed at the lower end of each of said passages for deflecting a nail-like device driven therethrough.

In testimony whereof I have ,signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDR' F. GoBIN.

Witnesses:

E. F. MURDooK, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

